"Our awesome foursome alliance will last forever. We are so close and our friendship has carried on outside the game," he says.
This week when there was a tsunami alert on the set. Savali said at first they all thought it was a joke.
"When reality settled in we were like, 'holy s**t this is real'. Our first thoughts were of course our families, because we had no contact, so that was probably the hardest and scariest part of the ordeal," he says.
Savali, has played ringmaster as his team's captain and this week gets sprung while meeting Parker at the top of a hill outside of camp boundaries.
The dancer is famous for working with some of the biggest pop stars in the world including Rihanna and Beyonce but says his fanbase has grown from CTI, with mainstream Kiwis recognising him.
"I'm getting middle-aged white people coming up to me asking if I won and how much they love the show," he says.
He regrets his time as captain has not given him the chance to represent his charity, The Heart Foundation, in eliminations.
"I am a person who suffers from heart disease and they do amazing work in our country."
Daymond, who, until he began his steady climb touring as a comedian, was living out of his car, says just being asked to be on the show was a massive deal for him and says as far as being a "celebrity" he was very much the bottom of the barrel.
"My life was very different only three years ago and, to be honest, I still haven't completely adjusted," he says.
His production company West Park, with a focus on indigenous Gen-Z in media, has just landed its first big TV gig, Bouncers, which he is producing in partnership with Culture Factory for Comedy Central UK.
"I'll be writing, directing, starring and cleaning the dishes as part of my first big worldwide TV opportunity, which I'm really looking forward to, " he says.
Any new secrets he learned about Savali from his time on the show?
"Lance told me a story about how he kissed Lady Gaga once and she thought he was Mexican."
